SC orders Mumbai municipal commissioner salary to be withheld for failing to remove encroachments
The court initiated contempt proceedings against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Ashwini Bhide for failing to comply with its earlier directions.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the salaries of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ashwini Bhide and other officials be withheld till December 1 while hearing a case about the civic body failing to comply with its directions to remove encroachments from land earmarked for a bus stand, Bar and Bench reported.
It was unclear who the other officials are.
The court initiated contempt proceedings against Bhide. It issued a show cause notice asking why action should not be taken against her.
The court also rejected the commissioner’s request for more time to comply with its earlier directions and imposed cost of Rs 5 lakh on the municipal corporation, The Indian Express reported.
The land in Borivali earmarked for a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport bus stand has been at the centre of a dispute between the municipal corporation and a private developer for several years.
In an order passed in August 2025, the Supreme Court directed the developer to hand over possession of the 3,400 square metre-plot to the municipal corporation.
It had asked the municipal corporation to make the bus stand functional within three months. The court had also directed the corporation to continue taking steps to remove encroachments from the property.
in November 2025, the court raised concern that the municipal authorities had not removed the encroachments.
It had sought...
